Thomas Rose Miles Auction Prices and Value Guide
Thomas Rose Miles auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 367 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.
Thomas Rose Miles auction prices: quick answer
Thomas Rose Miles auction prices depend on medium, size, date, condition, provenance, edition details, attribution confidence, and recent comparable auction sales.
- Artist
- Thomas Rose Miles
- Source records
- 367
- Market update
- 2026-02-06
Thomas Rose Miles market snapshot
Thomas Rose Miles shows deep auction liquidity with 251 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $1,500. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 17 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2026-01-01.
Realized price distribution
- Under $1,000 (26.1% · 43 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000 (73.9% · 122 sales)
- $10,000+ (0.0% · 0 sales)
- Median sale (last 12 months)
- $1,000
- Sales recorded (last 12 months)
- 17
- Median shift vs prior year
- +5.3%
- Latest recorded sale
- 2026-01-01
Artist context
About Thomas Rose Miles
Born
1844
Died
1916
Nationality
British
Thomas Rose Miles (1844–1916) was a British painter whose surviving public-collection record is strongly associated with the sea. Art UK documents works depicting storm conditions, lifeboats, fishing activity, vessels, and recognizable coastal settings such as Whitby, Dover, Shanklin Bay, and Scarborough. Titles including Stormy Night off Whitby, Return of the Lifeboat, Putting the Catch Ashore, and Away to the Goodwin Sands (Dover Lifeboat) indicate a recurring interest in maritime labor, danger, rescue, and changing weather. A recorded painting of the Battle of Inkerman also shows that his documented subjects were not exclusively marine. Collectors may encounter Miles through coastal and maritime paintings offered at auction, while examples in United Kingdom public collections provide useful identity and subject references. The available sources identify him securely as a painter but do not establish a particular movement, detailed training history, or exact birth and death dates.
PaintingMaritime and coastal scenesStormy seas and boats in difficult weatherLifeboats and maritime rescueFishing activity and working coastal communities
Common works and media
The documented record is centered on paintings of maritime and coastal life, including storm-tossed vessels, lifeboat rescues, fishing work, and boats near named British coastal locations. At least one historical battle subject is also recorded. The collected evidence does not establish a regular body of prints, drawings, sculpture, ceramics, posters, or editioned works.
Market and appraisal context
Appraisal of a work associated with Thomas Rose Miles should begin with the documented artist identity and comparison to securely catalogued paintings. The strongest subject pattern in the collected evidence is maritime: rough weather, lifeboats, fishing activity, vessels, and named British coastal locations. Subject and location can therefore help identify relevant comparables, but they do not prove authorship. When public auction records are available, the most useful comparisons are records with closely related imagery and clearly reported lot descriptions, sale dates, and realized prices. This source pack does not justify a price forecast or market-trend claim, and it does not establish the artist's usual paint type, support, or edition practices. Those characteristics should be verified for the individual object before selecting comparable sales.
Auction categories and appraisal factors
Common auction categories
- Paintings, especially maritime and coastal scenes
Value drivers
- Similarity to documented maritime subjects, including storms, lifeboats, fishing activity, and vessels near the coast
- Depicted location and its specificity, particularly when a composition is associated with a named British coastal place
- Comparison with relevant public auction records, using the recorded sale date, realized price, lot description, and closely comparable subject matter when those details are available
Appraisal caveats
- The collected source pack does not support a price trend, typical value range, or claim of market rarity.
- An object's signature or maritime subject alone does not establish authorship; attribution should be evaluated from the object and its documentation.
- The collected excerpts do not establish the artist's usual support, paint type, or print and edition practices.
Evidence
Sources for artist context
This source-grounded artist context is based on collected public records: medium confidence, adequate source quality.
- Wikidata library authority
- Art UK museum or university
- Getty Vocabulary Program library authority
- VIAF library authority
- RKD library authority
- Appraisily appraisily artist page
Data basis
This page is built from Appraisily's public auction market index. Private transactions, incomplete sale feeds, and attribution changes may not be fully represented.
Artist value FAQ
How much is Thomas Rose Miles worth?
Comparable public auction sales are the best starting point, but final value depends on the specific artwork, condition, size, medium, provenance, and attribution confidence.
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